Snapper attachment for whips



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W. BECKER.

SNAPPER ATTACHMENT FOR WHIPS.

No. 877,137. Patented Jan. 31, 888.

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IVILLIAM BECKER, OF BROOKLYN, NEIV YORK.

SNAPPER ATTACHMENT FOR WHIPS.

SPECIFICATICN for. ing part of Letters Patent No. 377,137, dated January 31, 1888.

Application filed November 28,1887. Serial No. 256,333.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, XVILLL-Ut BECKER, of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Snapper Attachment for \Vhips, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to snapper attachments for whips, and has for its object to provide a whip-snapper attachment which will form a rigid connection with the whip-tip, and which will be durable.

The invention consists in a whip-snapper attachment constructed as hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

teference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 represents the snapper attach ment, partly in vertical section, as applied for use. Fig. 2 is a detail representing a modification in the stiffeniugpiece for the attachment. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the line a as, Fig. l; and Fig. i is a detail view showing the stiffening-piece for the attachment.

In the construction of this device I prefer ably use a quill as a stiffening-piece, owing to its stiffness, it being impervious to moisture, and its natural shape, whereby it is adapted to the tapering form of the whip-tip.

The stiffening-piece 1 is formed of a quill cut off square at one end and preferably out OK diagonally at the other end, and of a sulficient length to extend over the tip 2 of a whip and close up to the loop 3 ot' the braided or plaited covering -l. The quill, owing to its naturally tapering t'orm, fits over and becomes snugly attached to the tip 4 when slipped onto it, and renders the plaitcd portion at the neck of the loop 3 stiff, and prevents the loop from becoming limp by wear. A snapper, 5, is shown attached to loop 3. If a quill is not at hand of a natural size to fit tip 2, anysized quill may be used, as shown in Fig. 2, where the stiffening-piece 1 is formed from a quill slit lengthwise, as at 6, whereby it may yield a little to conform to the size of the-tip to (No model.)

which it is to be applied, and will hold firmly thereto when pushed onto the tip. If the quill be too large for the tip, it can be slit lengthwise and its edges trimmed until,when pressed together, the quill will fit the tip and be held by the plaiting.

Thestii'fening-pieceabovedescribed, whether a whole quill or one slitted and trimmed, as set forth, is practically a tubular shell or sockettube. Instead of a quill, I may use a tubular socket-piece of any other material which will answer the purposes of the quill.

The advantage of the quill may be readily seen. It will not rot, it retains its rigidity, is unaffected by moisture,and is sutiiciently flexible to adapt it for the purposes of a whipsnapper attachment. By means of this invention a strong and durable whipsnapper attachment is provided.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A snapper attachment for whips, consisting of a stiifeningpieee formed of a tapering tubular section of a quill, embracing a whiptip, and a plaited covering extending over the whip tip and strengthening-piece and forming a loop, substantially as shown and described.

2. In asnapperattachment for whips, a stiffeningpiece consisting of a tapering tubular section of a quill, substantially as described.

3. A snapper attachment for whips, consisting of the combination, with whip-tip 2, of stiifening-piece 1., formed of asection of a quill cut off square at one end and to a point at the other end,and embracing the whip-tip, and a plaited covering, 4, extending over the stitieningpieee and formed with a loop, 3, at the end of the whiptip, the pointed end of the stiffening-piece extending over the whip-tip and close up to the loop 3, substantially as described.

IVILLIALWI BECKER.

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